FITS_Writer (ImageJ API)

java.lang.Object
- ij.plugin.FITS_Writer

All Implemented Interfaces:

PlugIn
```
public class FITS_Writer
extends java.lang.Object
implements PlugIn
```
This plugin saves a 16 or 32 bit image in FITS format. It is a stripped-down version of the SaveAs_FITS plugin from the collection of astronomical image processing plugins by Jennifer West at http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/astronomy/jwest/plugins.html.
Version 2010-11-23 : corrects 16-bit writing, adds BZERO & BSCALE updates (K.A. Collins, Univ. Louisville).
Version 2008-09-07 : preserves non-minimal FITS header if already present (F.V. Hessman, Univ. Goettingen).
Version 2008-12-15 : fixed END card recognition bug (F.V. Hessman, Univ. Goettingen).
Version 2019-11-03 : various updates (K.A. Collins, CfA-Harvard and Smithsonian).

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

FITS_Writer()

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static java.lang.String[]`	`getHeader(ImagePlus img)`	Extracts the original FITS header from the Properties object of the ImagePlus image (or from the current slice label in the case of an ImageStack) and returns it as an array of String objects representing each card.
`void`	`run(java.lang.String path)`	This method is called when the plugin is loaded.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FITS_Writer
```
public FITS_Writer()
```
- Method Detail
  - run
```
public void run(java.lang.String path)
```
    Description copied from interface: PlugIn
    
    This method is called when the plugin is loaded. 'arg', which may be blank, is the argument specified for this plugin in IJ_Props.txt.
    
    Specified by:
    
    run in interface PlugIn
  - getHeader
```
public static java.lang.String[] getHeader(ImagePlus img)
```
    Extracts the original FITS header from the Properties object of the ImagePlus image (or from the current slice label in the case of an ImageStack) and returns it as an array of String objects representing each card. Taken from the ImageJ astroj package (www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de/~hessman/ImageJ/Astronomy)
    
    Parameters:
    
    img - The ImagePlus image which has the FITS header in it's "Info" property.